Jane Mayer, David Grann, and Patrick Radden Keefe on the Importance of a Good Villain.
During the 2023 New Yorker Festival, three legendary staff writers got together to discuss the craft of investigative journalism: digging for information like detectives, and then presenting it in a way to rival the best thrillers. For each of these writers, the “bad guy” —whose actions usually set the story in motion…
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